Medications and alcohol can decrease a sex drive. Medications including birth control pills, anti-depressants, anti-anxiety, narcotics and mood alternating drugs can lower sex drive and make having an orgasm difficult.

Let’s face it a woman’s sex drive is complicated and often challenging to understand. A low sex drive or low libido is the most common sexual complaint affecting millions of women.

Dressing in layers and staying in cool temperature are the first steps in dealing with hot flashes.

When estrogen, progesterone and testosterone begin to decline in the 30’s, subtle symptoms can include irregular, heavier, or lighter periods, fatigue, weight gain, bloating, breast tenderness, depression, irritability, anxiety, worsening PMS, acne, and low libido.

Estrogen levels begin to decline in a woman’s mid to late 30’s. As estrogen, and other hormones, decline and production becomes erratic, hormonal chaos begins.

Perimenopause happens when your ovaries stop functioning consistently which disrupts the normal hormonal rhythm of estrogen, progesterone and testosterone.

Since those with PCOS do not ovulate regularly getting pregnant can be tricky.

Yes! The bad news is that PCOS can have a negative impact upon fertility, often by impacting or preventing ovulation, and by increasing the risks for general health issues like weight, insulin resistance, blood pressure etc.

There is no cure for PCOS but treatment depends on the symptoms you are experiencing.

The symptoms of PCOS including irregular periods, excessive hair growth, weight gain, obesity, acne and infertility are physically and emotionally disruptive.

Communication with you partner is so important. It can be difficult and challenging to talk about sensitive sexual issues but it key in dealing with how endometriosis can interfere with normal intimacy.

The onset of symptoms related to endometriosis varies person to person. Symptoms happen as a result of your menstrual cycles.